| Boys will be boys - it's a popular saying and I'm | | | | How many hole-in-ones will it take before he |
| sure it's something that has been said by many | | | | wants to take up the game at you local club? |
| parents around the world. Often regarded as | | | | Grown-ups are a little more difficult to buy for. |
| more boisterous than little girls, boys can often be | | | | When they're out of their teens and done with |
| seen playing around with their toys; whether alone | | | | university, they may have enough of a disposable |
| or with friends, they are never far away for a | | | | income of their own to purchase any number of |
| gadget or game of some kind to entertain them. | | | | toys to entertain themselves with; so it means |
| You may remember the long summer days of | | | | that when buying birthday gifts, you really have |
| your childhood? A time before computers became | | | | to go that extra mile towards thinking of |
| so widespread and almost everything electronic | | | | something that appeals to their sense of fun. |
| and cool came prefixed with an 'i'. Where a | | | | But if the person you're thinking of is into oriental |
| championship football or cricket match involved | | | | cuisine, why not buy them an ultimate birthday |
| actual participation and BMX racing involved a gang | | | | gift for the man who may well have everything - |
| of children, some rather battered looking bikes | | | | the Chopstick Kid. Whether or not the birthday |
| and some unsafe-looking hills and ramps, rather | | | | boy is actually able to use chopsticks, it will be |
| than a console and a glass of coke. Well, even | | | | impossible to resist the fun offered by this |
| though times have changed and toys are often of | | | | fantastic toy. A tremendously simple concept, the |
| the indoor variety - requiring the latest software | | | | Chopstick Kid works by pushing sticks into his legs |
| updates to work properly - it is still possible to | | | | so that the utensils can be used rather like tongs. |
| recreate that innocent sense of real-world fun | | | | It's not exactly how they'd do it in Japan or China, |
| that you enjoyed as a child. | | | | but isn't that part of the fun? |
| Whether you are planning on buying birthday gifts | | | | In fact, while he's unwrapping his amazing Gifts, |
| for him; for your son, a younger brother, or even | | | | you could always impress him with stories on the |
| a friend, why not opt for a Build Your Own | | | | origins of the humble chopstick. Did you know |
| Lamborghini? This hugely entertaining birthday gift | | | | that although believed to have originated in China, |
| for him is perfect for younger toy lovers who | | | | these fun utensils are used in a number of |
| want to develop their creative construction skills - | | | | different Asian countries - and to a lesser extent |
| the old air fix model aeroplanes of old may have | | | | in countless non-Asian cultures - including Vietnam, |
| been fantastic, but this toy is really in a league of | | | | Japan and Korea? They are also used in Thailand, |
| its own. A Build Your Own VW Camper Van is | | | | but there you're as likely to encounter a fork and |
| also available for kids - of either the little or big | | | | spoon, which although far easier to deal with, are |
| variety - who appreciate a little bit of retro cool. | | | | also far less fun. |
| Older boys may be into different things, but they | | | | The sticks themselves can differ according to the |
| undoubtedly appreciate their games as much as | | | | country in which they are used. The business end |
| their younger counterparts. For that older | | | | can either be tapered into points or be blunt, and |
| fun-loving toy-playing boy, why not go for the | | | | they can also be constructed from a number of |
| USB Golf Putt Returner? These golf gadgets | | | | different materials. Wooden and plastic chopsticks |
| make perfect Gifts for those teenagers who like | | | | are well known, but they can also be made from |
| to spend lots of in front of the computer. And | | | | bamboo, bone, metal and jade. |
| you can feel at least a little bit better about their | | | | However they're made though, the Chopstick Kid |
| apparent aversion to getting out in the sun by | | | | will make them work a treat. And if the etiquette |
| giving them a little bit of golf to focus their | | | | of some different countries is observed - such as |
| attentions away from the screen. Powered by | | | | not standing the sticks up in bowls of rice - the |
| USB, the USB Golf Putt Returner offers the | | | | whole birthday dining experience will undoubtedly |
| perfect opportunity to practice real-world golfing | | | | be a fantastic success, should they be used. What |
| skills that cannot be matched by anything online. | | | | could be better for birthday gifts than that? |